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In reply to the discussion: Earth 'well outside safe operating space for humanity', scientists find [View all]cstanleytech
(26,811 posts)52. In the end the danger comes down to pollution. If we get a handle on that it can buy us time to
maybe come up with ways to mitigate the damage we have inflicted with it or allow the planet to do it itself.
As for some of it such as increased temps we can adapt by changing our building techniques such as instead of cutting down trees to harvest for wood to build homes we can instead build with think earthen walls or in some cases build homes in the ground itself.
The main benefit when building underground is that when it comes to cooling and heating it takes far less energy to maintain a comfortable year round temperature.
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OKIsItJustMe
Sep 2023
OP
The start of the Western Industrial Revolution was the start of the bullet about to hit the fan!
Alexander Of Assyria
Sep 2023
#7
Yet overpopulation in less-developed countries is currently less of a problem than the greed of
housecat
Sep 2023
#27
If I buy a product manufactured in China because it's cheap who is responsible for the emissions?
OKIsItJustMe
Sep 2023
#34
Good point. Maybe we should have two separate conversations-- one around overpopulation and one
housecat
Sep 2023
#38
Sure when parents drive around and don't go anywhere -- whenn anyone does that
housecat
Sep 2023
#43
Okay maybe industrialized is the wrong term. But China and India, two overpopulated AND industrial
housecat
Sep 2023
#35
And US per capita emissions are greater than the citizens of either nation
OKIsItJustMe
Sep 2023
#36
Much like The Thames in the Industrial Revolution, the West can help with this also!
Alexander Of Assyria
Sep 2023
#68
If US mines export their coal to China who is responsible for the resulting emissions?
OKIsItJustMe
Sep 2023
#45
In the end the danger comes down to pollution. If we get a handle on that it can buy us time to
cstanleytech
Sep 2023
#52
It is true that "the whole of modern civilization arose after the last ice age during the Holocene,
Martin68
Sep 2023
#57
I think if you read it carefully, it addresses the effects on "society" and "civilization" in terms
Martin68
Sep 2023
#66
But you are positing an advanced technological solution. I am suggesting a return to small hunter-
Martin68
Sep 2023
#72
Global Weirding - The easiest ways to fix climate change is population control and going vegan - ...
OKIsItJustMe
Sep 2023
#71